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EP0256623
European procedure
Extract from the Register of European Patents
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| EP0256623 - Socket for zig-zag inline package [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | No opposition filed within time limit Status updated on 02.07.1994 Database last updated on 09.04.2026 | Most recent event Tooltip | 02.07.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit | published on 24.08.1994 [1994/34] | Applicant(s) | For all designated states THE WHITAKER CORPORATION 4550 New Linden Hill Road, Suite 450 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 / US | [N/P] |
| Former [1993/04] | For all designated states THE WHITAKER CORPORATION 4550 New Linden Hill Road, Suite 450 Wilmington, Delaware 19808 / US | ||
| Former [1989/51] | For all designated states AMP INCORPORATED P.O. Box 3608 470 Friendship Road Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 / US | ||
| Former [1989/49] | For all designated states AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation) P.O. Box 3608 470 Friendship Road Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 / US | ||
| Former [1988/08] | For all designated states AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation) 470 Friendship Road P.O. Box 3608 Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 / US | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Billman, Timothy Brian Route 2, Box 115 PO Box 1515 King North Carolina 27021 / US | 02 /
Marpoe, Gary Ray, Jr. 5000 Split Rail Circle Apartment B-5 Winston-Salem North Carolina 27106 / US | 03 /
Goodman, Joseph Ray 5600 Brookway Drive Walkertown North Carolina 27051 / US | [1988/08] | Representative(s) | Warren, Keith Stanley, et al Baron Warren Redfern Cambridge House 100 Cambridge Grove Hammersmith, London W6 0LE / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1989/27] | Warren, Keith Stanley, et al BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington London W8 5BU / GB | ||
| Former [1988/08] | Gray, Robin Oliver BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington London W8 5BU / GB | Application number, filing date | 87304459.8 | 20.05.1987 | [1988/08] | Priority number, date | US19860872740 | 10.06.1986 Original published format: US 872740 | [1988/08] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP0256623 | Date: | 24.02.1988 | Language: | EN | [1988/08] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0256623 | Date: | 01.09.1993 | Language: | EN | [1993/35] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 19.11.1987 | Classification | IPC: | H05K7/10 | [1988/08] | CPC: |
H05K7/1038 (EP,US)
| Designated contracting states | DE, FR, GB, IT, NL [1988/08] | Title | German: | Fassung für ein Gehäuse mit im Zickzack verlaufenden Anschlüssen | [1993/35] | English: | Socket for zig-zag inline package | [1988/08] | French: | Socle pour un boîtier possédant des connexions en ligne, alternées | [1988/08] |
| Former [1988/08] | Fassung für ein Gehäuse mit im zickzack verlaufenden Anschlüssen | Examination procedure | 21.07.1988 | Examination requested [1988/38] | 28.01.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 17.05.1991 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 16.10.1991 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 15.02.1992 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 21.08.1992 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 16.12.1992 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 11.03.1993 | Fee for grant paid | 11.03.1993 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | 02.06.1994 | No opposition filed within time limit [1994/34] | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.05.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 30.05.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 21.05.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 29.05.1992 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.05.1993 | Renewal fee patent year 07 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Documents cited: | Search | [A] JP6080261 | [A] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 9, no. 219 (M-410)[1942], 6th September 1985; & JP-A-60 80 261 (NIPPON DENKI K.K.) 08-05-1985 [A] |